Android: put bookmarks on the home screen - so it'll work

If you would like to visit a website frequently on your Android smartphone, you can bookmark it on the homescreen. In this practical tip, we will show you how to create a bookmark and place it on your home screen.

Save website as bookmark

You can set a bookmark in almost any mobile browser. Using the Firefox browser, we will show you how this works.

1. Visit a website of your choice and tap the overflow menu (three small dots at the top right).
2. With a finger on the star you save the bookmark under the favorites and later find it next to the most visited pages in the bookmark tab.
3. At this point you can tap "Settings" in the small pop-up under the bookmark and save the website directly on the start screen.

Place bookmarks on the Android homescreen

Alternatively, you can place the bookmark on the home screen as follows:

1. Open the bookmark overview via the context menu.
2. Long tap on the desired bookmark.
3. You can now edit, delete or share it here.
4. With a finger on the menu item "Add to start screen", the link lands directly on the home screen.

Bookmark the homescreen - that's how it works with Chrome on Android

If you use Chrome as a mobile browser on your smartphone, there is also an option to save bookmarks directly on the home screen. That's how it's done:

1. Open a desired page in the Chrome browser.
2. Tap the three small dots in the top right to open the menu.
3. Select "Add to Home Screen".
4. The icon with the corresponding website link is then placed on your home screen.

Bookmark the Chrome browser using a widget

For the Chrome browser, there is also the option of placing a bookmark on the home screen using a widget.

1. Drag one of the widgets from the overview onto the homescreen.
2. This automatically opens the bookmark overview of the Chrome browser.
3. Select the bookmark you want. It now appears as a quick access on the home screen.
4. In addition to the simple widget, there is also a larger version for up to four bookmarks.

In our next practical tip, you will learn how to manage search engines in the Firefox browser for Android.